GV 1203 
.L47 



v L \\ 



KT5 ** 



MM * 



a'ORKAND x 
m * - PLAY - - ; i 



91 FOR LITTLE If 

J -girls —It 



-w 



BY HEDWIC LEVI. 



DW 




(lass QJ//Z 
Book— 



A % 

: c-. 



^ i> 



GppyrightM 



COPYRIGHT DEPOSm 



s 



r 



WORK AND PLAY 
FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



Digitized by the Internet Archive 
in 2011 with funding from 
The Library of Congress 



http://www.archive.org/details/workplayforlittlOOIevi 




Match Box Furniture 



WORK AND PLAY 

FOR LITTLE 

GIRLS 



BY 
HEDWIG LEVI 




NEW YORK 
DUFFIELD & COMPANY 

1912 






gp;W 



Copyright, 1912, By 
DUFFIELD & COMPANY 



/.?^' 



t CIA328006 



PREFACE 

In daring to send this little unassuming book 
out into the world I am confident that it will make 
its way into the hearts of children, and prove a 
joy to them, for a well-known saying of Emerson 
reads : "The Secret of Happiness is : Joy in the 
work of our Hands," and this is what this little 
book aims to teach. 

It is addressed to all children, boys as well as 
girls, for they will find pleasure in the things this 
little book will teach them to make with their own 
hands. 

During the long winter evenings especially my 
little friends are thinking of Christmas. Wishes 
are jotted down, presents made, and the talk con- 
stantly runs on about Christmas and the tree ; and 
the ornaments for the tree will delight them all 
the more if they have fashioned them with their 
own clever little fingers. 

Here is an opportunity to allow the imagination 
full reign, and there is really not much instruction 
necessary. At the same time, it is here that this 
little book will prove a very welcome aid to many. 

It shows also how many things lying around the 



PREFACE 

house, usually looked upon as "worthless," can, 
with proper application, be made into things of 
beauty and usefulness. 

Hedwig Levi. 



CONTENTS 

Frontispiece — Match Box Furniture. 

PART I. PRESENTS TO MAKE. Pag£ 

Work Bag Made of Shoe Strings 3 

Hanging Shoe Bag 5 

Handkerchief Sachet 6, 7 

Picture Book 7, 8, 9 

Non-Tearing Picture Book 8 

Small Board to Hold Sewing Implements 10 

Birthday Book 13 

Sachet for Gloves 13 

For-Get-Me-Not Chain 14 

Portfolio for Newspaper Clippings or Pictures .... 16 

Kitchen Spoon as Clothes-Rack 18 

Ball of Wool 19 

Railroad Train Out of Match Boxes 20 

Balloon 21 

PART II. MATCH BOX DOLL'S FURNITURE. 

Serving-Table 25 

Work-Basket 26 

Infant's Crib 28 

Canopy Bed 29 

Child's Bed 30 

Broom Closet 31 

Picture-Frame 32 

Flower-Stand 33 

Flower Pots 34 

Book-Shelf (a) 34 

Book-Shelf (b) 35 

Book-Case 36 

Pedestal for Busts 37 

Couch 38 



CONTENTS 



Screen Closet 39 

Foot-Stool 40 

Glass Cabinet 40 

Towel-Rack (a) 41 

Towel-Rack (b) 43 

Medicine-Cabinet 43 

Kitchen-Hearth 44 

Clothes-Closet 45 

Commode 46 

Kitchen-Bench 46 

Kitchen-Cabinet 47 

Kitchen-Stool 48 

Piano-Stool 49 

Night-Table 49 

Music-Stand 50 

Stove 51 

Fire-Screen . -. 51 

Wastepaper-Basket 53 

A Desk 53 

Umbrella-Stand 54 

Small Cabinet 55 

Writing-Tables 56 

Screen 56 

Sofa 57 

Looking-Glass 59 

French or Hall-Clock 59 

Standing-Lamp 60 

Shoe-Box 61 

Arm-Chair 62 

High-Chair 63 

Child's Chair 63 

Rocking-Chair 64 

Chair 65 

Table (a) 66 

Table (b) 67 

Parlor-Table 68 

Toilet-Table 68 

Pier-Glass 69 

Laundry-Basket 70 

Wash-Stand 70 

Linen-Closet 71 

Cradle ...,...,,...... ,,,,,.,.,,...., 71 



CONTENTS 



PART III. THINGS FOR THE CHRISTMAS TREE. 

Hanging-Lamp 75 

Silk Purse 75 

Lucky-Mushroom 76 

Cottage 76 

Jewel Case 77 

Candy Bags 78 

Candy Plates 78 

Moss-Basket (a) 79 

Moss-Basket (b) 80 

Candy Baskets Made of Egg-Shells 81 

Gilt Basket 81 

Cork Man 82 

Cork Woman 83 

Woven Basket 84 

Japanese Basket 85 

Small Basket (a) 86 

Small Basket (b) 86 

Basket of Card-Board 87 

Wicker Basket 88 

Knitted Net 90 

Needle Book 91 

Surprise Nuts 93 

Plum Man 93 

Knapsack 94 

Sled 94 

Stars of Melon Seeds 95 

Stars of Colored Paper 96 

Stars of Beads 96 

Pine Cones 97 

Shopping-Bag 98 

Crochet Bag 99 

Wax Figures 100 

Christmas Bells 101 

A Christmas Bell 101 

Hanging Lamp of Card-Board 102 

Bag Made of Weaving Mat 103 

Lucky Pig 103 

Chain Made of Melon Seeps 104 

Chain of Wafers 104 

Beaded Chain , 105 



CONTENTS 



Chain Made of Paper Rings 106 

Chain Made of Paper 106 

Folded Chain 107 

Manger 108 

Lantern 108 

Cork Wagons 109 

Scroll Saw-Work 109 

Candles 110 

Moses in the Bulrushes 110 

Net Made of Paper Ill 

Gilded Nuts Ill 

Slate 112 

Stars Made of Peas and Sticks 113 

Stars Made of Silk Paper 113 

Stars Made of Lacing Strips 113 

Christmas Lamp 114 

Cradle Made of Egg-Shell 114 

Zeppelin Balloon 115 

Santa Claus 115 



PARTI 

PRESENTS TO MAKE 



WORK AND PLAY FOR 
LITTLE GIRLS 

Presents to Make 

WORK BAG MADE OF SHOE STRINGS 

A very good little work bag can be made out of 
shoe strings without much trouble or cost. 

You will need fourteen shoe laces and one-fourth 
yard of silk ribbon. 

Nail twelve of the shoe strings close together on 
a small board, or pin them on a heavy cushion. 
Then begin to braid from the middle; but very 
evenly, until the strings are all braided. Before 
taking off the wood sew the strings together along 
the outer edges. Then measure off the middle 
from the top toward the bottom and sew the silk 
ribbon above and under the middle, on the side next 
to the middle, allowing only enough space to cut 
in between. 

Now you will have two equal parts, from both 
of which you must cut the overhanging ends and 
sew both parts together at the sides and under- 
neath. Then turn the ribbon, which has been 
sewed on, along the inside, and stitch it down with 

3 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

tiny seam stitches. Sew six or eight small bone 
rings to the bag at equal distances apart and 




draw the two remaining shoe strings through in 
opposite directions. 

If you wish, you can make a little rosette from 
the ribbon ends that have been cut off and sew it 
to the pointed end of the bag. 

4 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

HANGING SHOE BAG 
FIG. 2 

It is very convenient to have a bag for shoes to 
hang on the wall of one's closet or for traveling. 
The back will be more durable if lined with a piece 
of stiff card-board. Cut a piece thirty-six inches 



*> jtwk j»io*K*»ur Mxmr xwKtnnr xxvtnuac* 



! V V V V V V V V V V V V v V V 




long and eighteen inches wide and cover with cre- 
tonne or a one-colored cheviot. 

Then cut a strip eleven inches wide and one yard 
long. Hem at the top and bottom, turn over the 
right and left sides and sew on with over-cast 
stitches* 

Next measure the pockets (you can make 
either three or four) and fasten on with pins. 
When you have them perfectly even sew them on at 
the bottom with overcast stitches. 

5 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

Now there only remains the flap, which should 
be thirty-six inches long and about ten inches wide. 

Hem it at the bottom and both sides, and if any 
decoration is desired do it before turning in at the 
top and sewing on. 

To the right and the left sew a pretty rosette, 
and at the back three brass rings. 

Of course, a bag like this can also be used to 
hold other things besides shoes. 

HANDKERCHIEF SACHET 

A very easy and at the same time pretty piece 
of work is braiding with silk ribbons. You can 
make a very pretty handkerchief sachet if you 
have silk ribbon four to five yards long and one- 
half to one inch wide, in two different colors. 

First cut from the prevailing color (we will as- 
sume that it is blue) twenty strips twenty inches 
long, and nail them close together on a small board, 
using fine wire nails. Now from the other rib- 
bon cut forty strips ten inches long, to be braided 
in with the blue ribbon. A simple pattern, one 
up, one down, looks very well. When you have 
finished braiding sew the strips together before 
removing them from the board. Place a layer of 
wadding between the braided work and a piece of 
silk, stitch these three together and bind the whole 

6 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

with blue ribbon. Sew a ribbon in the middle of 
the two short sides to tie the sachet together. 

HANDKERCHIEF SACHET 

A very dainty sachet can be made of Japanese 
paper napkins. You will need, besides two nap- 
kins, a layer of wadding and two yards of ribbon. 
Select the ribbon according to the color of the 
decoration on the napkin. 

Place the wadding — it must be only a thin layer 
— between two paper napkins and stitch them to- 
gether all around. Then bind with the ribbon, 
using very small stitches, and when this is finished 
crease the four corners toward the middle like a 
"letter," as it is called in the kindergarten. On 
one of the four corners sew a rosette made of the 
remainder of the ribbon. 

PICTURE BOOK 

During the course of a year many illustrated 
advertisements find their way into the house. If 
you will look over these carefully as they come in 
and pick, out the pretty ones, tint them tastefully, 
cut them out and paste them in an ordinary writ- 
ing tablet, you will have a picture book at the end 
of the year which will give your little sisters and 
brothers much pleasure. 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

PICTURE BOOK 

It is a pity too to throw away the many pretty 
postal cards which one receives. Beg such cards 
from parents or friends, if they do not care to 
keep them. 

Take a writing tablet, or, if you can get it, a 
drawing-book, cover it with colored paper and 
paste in the postal cards. According to the size 
of the book paste in one, two or three cards on a 
page. If the cards have been nicely put to- 
gether and the book is full you will have an inter- 
esting picture book, of a kind that cannot be 
bought. 

NON-TEARING PICTURE BOOK 

Do you want to make a non-tearing book for 
the baby? Beg your mother for a piece of cheap 
gray linen and several yards of red binding, (or 
any other color) which she will gladly give you. 
Now determine how many pictures or postal 
cards you will want on a page and accordingly 
measure off your linen. 

If your picture book is to be, for instance, 
seventeen and one-half by twenty-seven inches, 
then you will have to measure each sheet eight by 
twenty-six inches, as you must figure on the 

8 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

sheets of an open book. Now bind each sheet 
with the colored binding and when they are all 
finished crease them in the middle. Then paste 
on the pictures with ordinary paste or gum 
arabic. When all the pictures are pasted on 
place the whole under heavy books, in order to get 
them firmly gummed on. 

Next sew the leaves together — with not too 
large stitches — down the middle and tie over this 
the remaining binding, which is to end at the top 
with a bow. 

Any one who knows how to outline can write 
baby's name on the cover with a soft lead pencil 
and stitch it in with red yarn or silk. 

PICTURE BOOK 

You little ones will surely want to make some- 
thing for the "big" brother. I suggest making 
a picture book for him. A picture book? you 
ask, and Walter already going on fourteen years ! 
It makes no difference, I mean it. It is not to 
be an ordinary picture book which you can buy, 
but one that you must make yourself. 

Beg father for the sketches of famous people 
from his weekly papers or magazines. 

Cut these out very carefully, leaving on, of 
9 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

course, all the data, and neatly paste them in a 
book of white paper. 

Cover the outside with colored paper, and run 




ribbons through, as in the picture; and if 
the book is full by the time Walter's birthday 
comes around, it will surely give him much pleas- 
ure. If he prefers landscapes or animals the 
album may be devoted to them. 

SMALL BOARD TO HOLD SEWING IMPLEMENTS 

Very seldom does a day go by without the ne- 
cessity of having to do a little mending. How 
10 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

often a string is missing, a button, how often is it 
not necessary to make small repairs in a hurry ! 




The larger girls are no doubt clever enough to 

do this themselves, but for the little ones the 

11 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

mother must lend her busy hands, and so that 
everything may be right at her hand, and she 
may not have to search in each and every corner 
of the work-table for needle or thread it would 
be very nice to make a little sewing board for her 
work basket, or for some little girl, who is not yet 
skilled in fancy needle work. 

A small board, about fourteen inches long and 
fourteen inches wide is covered with any kind of 
pretty piece of goods. A piece of the same goods, 
the same size as the board, can be decorated with 
plain embroidery and used as a cover. 

Now we shall need some small brass tacks, nar- 
row white silk garter ribbon and the following 
articles : 1. A roll each of white and black yarn ; 

2. a small spool each of white and black silk ; 

3. a piece of white and a piece of black ribbon ; 
4*. a small needle-book ; 5. one or more cards of 
wool with which stockings are darned ; 6. a 
small pincushion for pins ; 7. a nice little box 
for buttons ; 8. a small pair of scissors ; 9. a 
bodkin and 10. a thimble. 

If you have everything together and the board 
is Covered, then the garter ribbon is nailed by 
the brass tacks to the places marked off. But 
everything must fit tight so that the things will 
not slip out and roll away and get lost. The 
12 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

spaces should be neatly divided off, so that the 
board will have a nice orderly appearance. 

The finishing touch is put on by sewing on the 
flap with overcast stitches. 

BIRTHDAY BOOK 

Buy a ruled writing tablet and write at the top 
— in your best hand — the name of each month, 
then the numbers 1-31 (but do not forget that 
February has only twenty-nine days at most) — 
one number on each fourth line, so that there will 
be plenty of room. Next stitch the leaves to- 
gether — you will not have used up the whole book 
— and make a nice cover for it. 

You can make cover in various ways. 

1. The easiest way is to take the original 
cover, cover it with some pretty stuff and dec- 
orate it with a picture. 

2. Or you can take two pieces of white card- 
board, of the right size, and paint anything 
pretty on it. 

3. Or you can make the cover of paper can- 
vas, as for instance, the needle-book. 

SACHET FOR GLOVES 

A very pretty glove sachet can be made from 
13 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

two Japanese paper napkins, a layer of wadding 
and one and one-eighth yards of ribbon. 

Take the two paper napkins, place a thin layer 
of wadding between them and stitch them to- 
gether with white thread. 

Then measure off six inches for the pocket (in 
case the napkins are seventeen to eighteen inches 
in size) bind this at the top with the ribbon and 
stitch the pocket on to the right and left so that 
it will lie smooth. 

Crease the ribbon slightly in the middle and 
bind the sachet. Begin at the right, where the 
pocket has been sewed on, go along toward the 
top, around to the left, and down and around to 
the right toward the starting point. 

You will have to see that the sewing-silk matches 
well with the binding, and also you must make 
small stitches. As soon as the binding is finished, 
make a nice bow with the remaining ribbon, which 
you can either sew in the middle of the flap or in 
one of the corners. 

It is not necessary to have a fastener, but if 
you wish you can sew on a white clasp button. 

FOR-GET-ME-NOT CHAIN 

You can make a very pretty chain with small 
rrnnd glass beads. Choose the beads carefully 
14 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

to be of equal size ; buy some pretty f or-get-me- 
not blue beads — for the chain is to look like a 
wreath of these flowers — and somewhat larger 
pale yellow beads for the center of each flower. 
For stringing take white silk, as this is more 
durable than cotton, and a long fine needle. 

First string eight small blue beads and close 




them in a ring by drawing through the first two 
beads once more. 

Now string the yellow bead which is to come 
in the centre, pass the thread through the 
seventh and eighth end beads, then in the opposite 
direction back through the centre bead, and fasten 
this by drawing the thread through the third and 
fourth blue bead. 

Count off the fifth and sixth bead of the ring 
from left to right, and pass the thread through, 
that is, through the first and second beads from 
right to left. 

15 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

This pattern is to continue in like manner un- 
til the chain is long enough. You will probably 
need from sixty to seventy-five flowers. 

Should you want to make daisies instead of for- 
get-me-nots then in place of the blue beads take 
nice milk-white beads, the centre of course being 
made with large yellow ones. 

PORTFOLIO FOR NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS OR PICTURES 

Even if you are not yet old enough to read 
newspapers, still you have often heard mother 
say : "There is such an interesting article in the 
paper to-day, which I am going to save." 

And so in the course of a year the collection of 
clippings, which mother has put away for safe- 
keeping in her bureau drawer, has become quite 
large. 

Do you not want to make for her a pretty 
portfolio to keep them together? 

For this we shall need two pieces of thick card- 
board, each eighteen by twenty-two inches in size, 
and some cheap goods to cover them. The 
amount of goods you must buy will depend upon 
the width of the goods. If it is only eighteen to 
nineteen inches wide you will need four times the 
length of twenty-two inches, equalling ninety 
inches ; if it is double width then you will only 

16 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

need forty-five inches. Do not figure too closely, 
however, as the goods must be turned in all 
around. 

Then buy one yard of good ribbon, and in case 
you want to use binding, though it is not abso- 
lutely necessary, buy one and three-fourth yards 
thin silk laces. 

That is all the material. To commence with 
the work, the parts are first to be measured off 
and short incisions made at each long side, five 
inches from the top and five inches from the bot- 
tom, two and one-half inches from the right and 
two and one-half inches from the left, through 
which the ribbon is to be drawn. 

After you have made four incisions in each 
cover, sew on the goods, turning it over on the 
wrong side and using small over-cast stitches. 

When both covers have been covered then the 
binding can be sewed round if desired. 

Now cut the ribbon in half and draw one yard 
each through the four cuts (of both covers) along 
the top, and one yard through the four cuts at 
the bottom, thus combining the two parts. We 
shall first have to make a small hole with the scis- 
sors (just above the cuts) in order to get the rib- 
bon through, that is, bore from the side, which is 
to be the outside, toward the inside, and draw the 
17 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

ribbon along the inside, then out and into the 
second cover, from the outside toward the inside, 
and again toward the outside. 

The four ends are to be tied together. 

In case a nice pattern has been selected to 
cover the portfolio, it will not only be a useful 
article but a pretty one. The portfolio can also 
be made of gray linen or canvas and the top 
cover can be embroidered or painted. 

KITCHEN SPOON AS CLOTHES-RACK 

This sounds very odd, doesn't it? But for the 



<S? «£ <£ <£ 4 4^> 




little dresses of the youngest child, or even your 
aprons, a clothes-rack made from a wooden 
kitchen spoon is strong enough. 

You will have to buy a large kitchen spoon, 
about twenty-two inches long. The bowl part of 
a spoon of this size will be about five inches in 
diameter. 

On the bowl draw or paste a pretty picture. 
Now measure off the places for the hooks from 
the end of the handle toward the bowl, at equal 
18 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

distances apart — about two inches — marking 
with a soft lead pencil, and screw a brass hook 
in each marked place. 

Now turn the spoon around and fasten a screw- 
eye at each end of the handle — such as are used 
on picture frames — to hang it up on, and our 
clothes-rack is finished. 

If desired, the whole spoon can be gilded, or 
painted a pretty color. 

BALI, OF WOOL 

"Have you any wool?" Of one color or mixed, 
a small ball or several remnants? It doesn't mat- 
ter which. Now some thin card board from which 
you will cut two rings. First place these flat 
on top of each other, place a thin but strong 
piece of string in between, allowing the ends to 
hang over, and then wind the yarn evenly from 
the hole of the rings to the outside, all around, 
until the ball is filled in. Toward the last you 
will have to use a darning needle in order to com- 
pletely fill in the hole. 

Now draw the string, which has been placed 
between the card board, together, tie it in a firm 
knot, and cut the yarn along the outer edges. 
Then cut through the now visible card board 
rings and draw them carefully away. 
19 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

The result will be a soft fluffy ball, which, if 
it is not perfectly round, can be made so by care- 
ful clipping with the scissors. 

RAILROAD TRAIN OUT OF MATCH BOXES 

The locomotive is a little more difficult to make 
than cars, whether passenger or freight, but still 
we can try. 

Take one whole empty match box, place it 
horizontally and glue on a small drawer per- 
pendicularly at the back. In the front glue on an 
empty spool, and underneath glue two small 
sticks, on the projecting ends of which are fas- 
tened wooden button forms, or small wheels of 
card-board. 

Stick a piece of cotton in the spool to represent 
smoke. On the short ends of the box sew hooks 
and eyes, so that the cars can later on be coupled 
together. 

The locomotive, as well as the other cars, can 
either be painted or covered with colored glazed 
paper. 

Put wheels and hooks and eyes on the ordinary 
passenger cars, and supply doors and windows as 
desired. 

For the freight cars use only the drawers of 
20 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

the match boxes and supply the wheels, hooks 
and eyes. 

In case you want the freight cars to have a 
roof, then take one of the broad sides of the cover, 
glue sticks to the four corners, and glue these in 
turn to the inside of the car. 

BALLOON 

It will not be long before every one will be 
wanting to travel by air ships. It may there- 
fore be well for us to try to make one. Of 
course, it will not fly in the air, but mother can 
fasten it to the window-pane and fill the basket 
with flowers. 

For the balloon part use a burnt out electric 
bulb and cover it with a crocheted net of strong 
silk floss. For the net make a chain of twenty 
stitches, then five more stitches, then turn around 
and without throwing over make a tight purl in 
the third stitch; then five more chain stitches, 
skip one and into the next stitch, — and so on un- 
til you come to the end of the chain ; this will re- 
sult in ten half rings or loops. 

Now again five chain, turn around and crochet 

the next row, by going in the middle of each 

loop. When you come to the last loop, crochet 

three chain stitches and then a purl (with one 

21 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

throw-over) above the last stitch. Then five 
more chain and into the middle of the loop and 
so on until the end. Then three chain stitches, 
one long purl in the last stitch of the lower loop. 
Now the rows are repeated until you have 
crocheted a square. On each corner of this square 
crochet a long chain — about fifty to sixty stitches 
to each chain. 

Then place the net crosswise over the bulb and 
fasten the four chains at equal distances from each 
other, to a small Japanese basket. 

You will have to use a thick darning needle in 
order to draw the yarn through. 

At the four points where the balloon strings 
are fastened you can sew on little silk balls or 
bows, for decoration. 

Draw one-eighth of a yard of baby ribbon 
through the top of the net, tie together firmly and 
end with bow. 

On this ribbon the balloon is to be hung up. 

If you place a small glass in the basket it can 
be filled with flowers, or the basket can be used as 
a catch-all. 



22 



PART II 



MATCH BOX DOLLS 
FURNITURE 



23 



Match Box Wood Furniture 

SERVING-TABLE 

For a serving-table we shall need more matches 
than boxes, for of the latter we use only the top 





"~1 

£ , 1 


SH Hi 


aHffi tffiirfflHHHl 


■ ■■ r^^^ 



part of the case, or cover, which is to form the 
table top. 

Glue the matches, after having cut them the 
required length, around the rim of the cover, that 
25 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

is, glue two matches close together under each 
short side rim, and only one match under each 
long side rim, between the former. 

Then glue two matches, one on top of the 
other, to the top edge of each short side and two 
matches on the top edge of one long side, thus 
making the three sides higher, leaving one long 
side free. 

While waiting for this to dry we can make the 
legs, for which we shall need five matches. On 
four of them leave the burnt heads, allowing 
them to point downward, so as to serve for feet. 
Measure off one-third from the top and connect 
each pair by means of a small lace or scarf pin, 
the projecting point of each pin being stuck to 
the fifth match, which has been cut the desired 
length and held cross-wise. 

The legs are then glued to the right and left 
on the underside of the table top. 

As soon as everything is completely dry, the 
table can be painted. 

WORK-BASKET 

A work-basket is made of two drawers of the 
smallest sized match boxes and long matches. 

Glue the drawers, one a little from the top, 
and the other a little from the bottom of, and be- 
tween, the matches, which must be placed to the 
26 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

right and left of each of the short narrow ends. 
Then cut off the top part of the cover of one 



[C-^=^^--\^\V^^w 


■ 


■;_ l 





of the boxes for the lid of the top box, fastening 
it with millinery wire. 

After the work-basket is well dried it may be 
gilded, and will make a very dainty little piece of 
dolls' furniture indeed. 

n 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

infants' crib 

Here is something for clever little fingers. To 
make a crib we shall need many burnt matches — 
over thirty ! — and they must be carefully handled. 
You had better get the matches already burned, 
or have an older person burn them for you. 

First take the drawer of a match box and glue 
a match into each of the four corners of the short 
sides, pointing the burnt heads upward. These 
form the four posts of the crib. 

Now, we" need a railing, and that is why we 
need so many matches. Divide the long and 
short sides into equal parts and glue four matches 
to each short side and eight matches to each long 
side. 

Then cut four matches to fit over these upright 
matches and glue them on the tops, thus form- 
ing the top of the railing. Then you will need 
four more matches for the legs, which are glued to 
the four posts, burnt heads at the bottom. 

It will add to the daintiness of the crib if, after 
it has become thoroughly dry, it is gilded or 
painted white and lined with blue paper. Cut 
the paper to fit the four walls, place it inside and 
stitch it together at the four upper corners with 
silk thread. {_ 

28 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

CANOPY BED 

For a canopy bed we shall need the drawers to 
two match boxes and four matches. 




Cut off one of the short narrow sides of a 
cover, and glue this drawer perpendicularly to the 
end of the other drawer. You may either paste 
on white paper or paint the inside of the two 
drawers, as well as the back wall. 
29 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

Then cut four matches the desired length for 
the legs, which must not, however, project above 
the horizontal cover after being glued on. Then 
take two small pieces of a match and glue them 
to the two corners of the short end of the top 
cover, thus forming the canopy. 

Take some doll's lace, and glue it on top of the 
canopy, then some lace at the left and right for 
curtains, and lastly around the edge of the 
drawer, forming a valance. Should the lace be 
very fine gather it so that it will fall more grace- 
fully. 

Now there remains only the bedding, which is 
best made of white ribbon filled with cotton. The 
bed can also be made without matches, using only 
the drawers. 

child's bed 

For a child's bed we shall need the drawer of a 
match-box and twelve burnt matches. Either 
paint the drawer or paste on colored paper, in- 
side and outside. Then glue four matches to all 
four corners, so that the drawer will be in the 
centre. The burnt heads of the matches are to 
point downward, giving the legs a more finished 
appearance. 

Cut two matches so that they will fit under 
30 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

the short sides of the drawer between the legs, 
to act as braces. Then cut two more to fit the 
spaces between the first four matches which were 
glued on, thus forming the head and foot boards. 
The four remaining matches are to be placed 
perpendicularly under the horizontal matches 
which form the head and foot boards, two at the 
head and two at the foot of the bed, at equal dis- 
tances apart, and the bedstead is complete. 

BROOM-CLOSET 

For a broom-closet you will need two match 
boxes, as the closet must be of good length. If 
you have limited space in your kitchen you can 
make the closet out of the vest pocket size match 
boxes. 

Cut off from one of the drawers the short side, 
and make an incision in each of the ends of the 
short side of the other drawer. Glue the now 
flat-lying short side under the first drawer where 
the end was cut off, thus forming a long box. 
This you can cover with paper, inside and out, 
but do not forget to allow enough paper to over- 
lap on all four sides to be turned over the edge. 
If you are going to paint the closet later on, 
then paper from an old writing tablet will an- 
swer, otherwise you must choose the right colored 
31 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

paper in the beginning. The long inside wall is 
to be papered last. 

Now cut off the tops of the covers, glue them 
on a piece of paper, the short ends coining to- 
gether, measuring enough paper to overlap all 
around and be easily turned over. Slant the 
paper at each corner. 

After this has been well pasted on, measure a 
piece of paper to fit the entire front side, as this 
is to be pasted on the door. Fasten the door to 
the closet with millinery wire at two or three dif- 
ferent points. 

Now there remains only a small bracket, con- 
sisting of two matches glued together, in which 
stick small pins to hang the brooms on. 

Underneath the closet, glue two matches each 
to the front and back, which, however, have first 
been glued together, thus forming the base of 
the closet. 

A bent pin will form the lock. 

PICTURE-FRAME 

You will need only four matches for a picture- 
frame. Cut off the heads and glue two perpen- 
dicular matches to two horizontal matches. Paint 
or gild this on three sides. The fourth side be- 
32 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

ing glued to the rim of the underlying picture, 
needs no decoration. 

Cut the picture from any catalogue, and tint 
it. 

To hang up the picture make a hook of mil- 
linery wire. 



FLOWER-STAND 

For this we shall need the drawer of a very small 
match box such as some gentlemen carry in their 
vest-pockets. 

First we glue four large matches, burnt heads 
downward, to the four corners of the short sides 
of the drawer, for the legs. 

Glue a piece of match both to the right and to 
the left top ends of the legs, and also a piece each 
to the right and left, between the legs, underneath 
the drawer, about one-half inch from the floor. 

At the centre of each short side of the drawer 
glue a match so that it will reach to the under 
cross-pieces. 

These perpendicular pieces are merely for 
ornament, whereas the matches forming the cross- 
pieces serve to give strength to the legs. 

The stand may be either gilded or painted. 
33 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

FLOWER-POTS 

Take corks from medicine bottles, etc., clean 
them thoroughly, paste round them strips of 
paper the color of flower-pots and stick in some 
tiny artificial flower. 

If one knows how to make a tiny flower, with 
beads or silk paper, so much the better. 

Instead of using corks the flower-pots can also 
be made of clay or plaster of Paris. 



BOOK-SHELF a 

The easiest way to make a hanging book-shelf 
is to take three of the long narrow sides of two 
match boxes. 

Make four holes in each of these narrow boards 
— one in each corner — and draw through them a 
strong silk thread or some crochet cotton, tying 
them at the top in the centre. If desired, one 
can string a bead underneath each of the four 
corners. 

The three narrow boards may be either covered 
with brown paper in the beginning, or painted 
after completion. 



34 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

BOOK-SHELF b 

In order to make this hanging book-shelf for 
the doll's room it will only be necessary to have 
the drawer of one match box, four large, if pos- 
sible round, beads, a long thread, some crochet 
cotton and brown paper. 

Cut out the bottom of the drawer and cut from 
it a board as wide as the rim of the drawer. 
Then cut two strips of brown paper one some- 
what wider than the rim and the other exactly 
as wide. The latter is to cover the inside of the 
rim, whereas the broader strip is to be used for 
the outside of the rim. Before pasting them on, 
however, measure them to fit the four sides of 
the drawer, and cut a triangle into the top corners 
of the strip, so that the over-lap can be more 
readily turned under. 

After this pasting is dry punch four holes into 
the board with a large pin, two at each end. 
Now take the rim of the drawer which was left 
after cutting out the bottom, set it upright, and 
punch four holes into the top and bottom rim, 
two at each end, as above, so that they will come 
exactly over and below the holes in the board 
when the board is placed between the two rims. 

Then tie a thick knot in the cotton and string 
a bead there, pass through one of the holes in 
35 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

the bottom rim, then through the hole in the 
board above and up through the hole in the top 
rim, leaving enough thread with which to hang 
up the shelf; then pass the thread over to the 
other side and down through the three holes, 
string a bead and fasten at bottom. 

Go through the same process with the second 
set of holes. 

Shove the small board carefully to the centre, 
and the book-shelf is complete. 

Cover the. knots of the thread with a little glue, 
thus gluing them firmly to the beads. 

book-case c 

For this you can use as many drawers as you 
wish, but you must at least have two. Glue these 
two together at the long narrow sides, and set 
them lip on their short sides. Now measure off 
small boards from the scratch side of the covers, 
and glue them in the two drawers, taking two 
boards for each drawer, thus forming the shelves. 

Before gluing them in make pencil lines on the 
walls where the shelves are to come, cut eight 
matches to fit and glue on. These will serve as 
braces for the shelves. 

As soon as the case is all dry it can be painted. 
36 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

You can very easily make tiny books to put in it 
yourself. 

PEDESTAL FOR BUSTS 

Cut the drawer of a match box so that the top 







1 



will form a square. Then glue the part which 
has been cut off inside the other part and bind 
the two parts together by pasting a strip of paper 
around the rim. 

37 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

From the cover of the match box cut a square 
a trifle smaller than the first one. 

Now take four matches, with heads downward, 
and glue them to the four inner corners of the 
drawer. When they are perfectly dry glue on 
the small square, about one-third from the bot- 
tom, between the four legs. 

Cut out from stiff paper a somewhat larger 
square than the first, and paste it on top. 

As soon as everything is dry the pedestal can 
be painted.. A tiny bust or flower-pot looks very 
well on such a stand in the doll's house. 



COUCH 

Glue four matches into the corners of the 
drawer of a match box and make the support for 
the head from the cover. Take the top side of 
the cover, cut off about two-thirds of it, round 
off the top end and glue the lower end to one of 
the short sides of the drawer. From the rest of 
the cover make a sort of wedge-shaped head-rest 
and glue it between the support and the seat. 

Then you will need a match from which the 
head has been cut, to make the back support 
along one of the long sides of the couch. 

For this you must cut a match one-third of an 
38 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

inch in length and glue it perpendicularly at one 
end of the long side, to act as a support for the 
longer match, the latter reaching from the head- 
rest to this support. 

A tiny slumber-robe will make it more com- 
fortable for the dollies. 



SCREEN-CLOSET 

For this a vest-pocket match box will answer, 
in case you do not desire to make large furniture 
for your doll's house. 

Set the drawer up on end, draw a line in the 
middle and glue on this line a small shelf. 
Fasten a small hook to the top, made of mil- 
linery wire, and paint only the top and bottom 
short outside ends. 

While this is drying make the outer part of 
the screen-closet from the cover of the match- 
box. Cut out the top side of the cover very care- 
fully, and measure a piece of canvas the size of 
this cut-out. 

Then glue the canvas taut over the opening 
and cover the back and side walls with paper. If 
you do not intend painting the closet, then of 
course the paper you use must be of whatever 
color you intend the closet to be. 
39 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

Now glue pieces of matches inside the two nar- 
row sides of the cover, at the bottom, right and 
left, to prevent the drawer from falling out. 

To open the closet it is best to shove from the 
bottom so that the small hook will not tear out. 

foot-stool 

For this you must have a very tiny match 
box, and of that only one of the large sides of the 
cover. Glue pieces of matches to the under edge 
of the two long sides and also to the under edge 
of the two short sides, between the former. Over 
these glue another row of matches. Glue on the 
legs, first cutting them the desired length. 

It would be well to glue a brace between the 
legs, to the right and left, which will not only 
add to the appearance of the stool, but also give 
it more strength. 

GLASS CABINET 

In case the dollies have some extra fine things, 
they no doubt want to keep them in a glass closet, 
and you will then have to make them one. 

For this you will need an empty match box and 
the drawer of a second one. This drawer, which 
is to form the lower frame work of the closet, is 
40 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

first supplied with four legs, by gluing matches 
to the inner corners, burnt heads down. Then 
unite the legs on three sides by means of matches 
which fit exactly between the legs and glue them 
on about one inch from the floor, the front side 
remaining open. 

Paste on the top a piece of card-board to make 
it smooth. 

Cut out the top side of the cover of the match 
box very carefully, take a piece of waxed paper 
— or the window of a transparent envelope, — 
measure a piece the size of the opening, and glue 
it on taut. 

Then glue the cover horizontally to the lower 
frame at the back and decorate it by giving it a 
trim of matches or strips of paper. The drawer 
is lined with white paper and is to have one or two 
shelves made of card-board. On these shelves are 
placed saucers, plates or vases. 

The whole closet is to be painted after finished, 
and tiny gilded scrolls form the decoration. 

TOWEL-KACK « 

A towel rack is very easily made if you have 
six long pins and two pieces of cork. 

Two of the pins are stuck horizontally into the 
41 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

corks, and the remaining four pins are used for 
legs. One must be careful, however, to see that 




these pins are of equal length so that the towel- 
rack will stand firmly. 

For the towel take a tiny piece of white rib- 
bon. 



n 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

TOWEL-RACK b 

For a towel-rack which is not to be used for 
the kitchen but for the bed-room, you will need 
very little material. 

Cut from the cover of a match box one long 
narrow side, together with the adjoining half of 
the top side. This will form a shelf with back 
wall. 

Glue a piece of match along the front edge of 
the shelf. Then two pieces at the right and left, 
but held cross-wise, uniting these two by gluing 
another piece between them at the centre. On 
this cross-piece the towel is to be hung. 

Fasten a small hook to the back wall so that 
you can hang up the rack. 

If you do not wish to paint the rack then the 
shelves must be papered before gluing on the 
matches. 

MEDICINE-CABINET 

A vest-pocket match box will be the right size 
for a medicine-cabinet. 

From the top of the cover cut the door for the 
closet, and from the long sides the shelves. 

Divide the space inside the drawer according 
to the number of shelves you wish to have, and 
43 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

glue matches to the right and left walls to act 
as braces for the shelves. 

The door is fastened on with millinery wire or 
silk thread, and locked with a pin. 

At the top print or write in tiny script : Medi- 
cine Cabinet. 

KITCHEN HEARTH 

If you have a kitchen you will certainly want 
to make a hearth, as such tiny hearths are not 
generally for sale. 

However,. it is not difficult to make and you will 
only need one match box, four matches and some 
paper. 

If you intend painting the hearth after it is 
finished, then you will not need the paper, but 
will have to paint it according to the colors indi- 
cated for the paper. 

Should you want to cover it with paper, take a 
piece of white paper, place the box in the centre 
and draw a line with lead pencil around the four 
sides. Then very carefully set the box, with its 
long narrow side, above the top line and draw a 
line around this. Draw a similar line by placing 
the long narrow side below the bottom line, and 
then the short narrow sides to the right and left. 
When cutting out the paper do not forget to al- 
low a little on all sides for an over-lap. 
44 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

Mark off the tiles with lead pencil and paste 
the paper on five sides of the box, pinching the 
corners sharply into place, the over-lap being 
turned over and pasted on the remaining large 
side which is to form the top. 

Now take four matches, burnt heads down, and 
glue one each to the right and left of the long 
narrow sides. The hearth-top is to be made of 
black paper, which is to extend out a little all 
around. With the aid of pennies or dimes mark 
off the lids, which, if you are clever, can be cut 
so that they will be removable. 

Cut the stove doors from yellow or gilt paper 
and paste them on. Now, the dollies are ready to 
cook. 

CLOTHES-CLOSET 

Take the drawer of a large match box and 
neatly paper it inside and outside. 

Then glue pieces of matches on the outer edges 
at the bottom and two sides of the rim, for a 
border, and on the top edge glue a long match, 
on which has first been pasted an ornament made 
of paper. In order to raise the closet glue a 
large bead to each of the under four corners, to 
serve as feet. 

Now cut a match to fit exactly inside the closet 
and glue it on about one-third from the top. 
4d 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

Stick three small pins in this strip, on which the 
dollies' clothes are to hang. 

The closet door can be made of thin card-board 
or the top of the cover of the match box. Glue 
one side of it to the closet by means of a narrow 
ribbon, and use a pin for the lock, as we did with 
the linen closet. 

COMMODE 

The dollies must surely have a commode, and 
it is so easy to make that even the youngest child 
can make it. 

Take two empty match boxes and paste them 
together. Then measure a piece of paper as 
wide as one box and long enough to go around 
both boxes ; it must be even a little longer, so 
that the ends can be pasted over each other on 
the bottom side. 

Then glue a large bead to the four lower cor- 
ners for the feet, or, in case you have no beads, 
take matches. 

Cover the drawers neatly with paper and sew 
on a tiny button on each of the short sides, for 
handles, to pull out the drawers. 

KITCHEN-BENCH 

For a kitchen bench we will need only one of 
46 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

the long narrow sides of the drawer of a match 
box, for the seat, and several matches. 

First we will cover the seat with paper. Place 
the seat on the wrong side of the paper and draw 
a line all around. When cutting, however, allow 
for an over-lap, and cut a triangle in each cor- 
ner, so that the paper can be more easily turned 
over. After the edges of the paper have been 
pasted down take strip of paper and paste it on 
top, so that the seat will be smooth. 

From two matches cut pieces so that they will 
be as long as the seat is wide, and glue them to 
the right and left underneath the seat. Then 
take four matches, cross them two and two, and 
fasten each pair together with a pin. Stick the 
ends of the pins into a fifth match which is placed 
horizontally between the legs, as we did with the 
serving table. 

Then glue four legs underneath the seat and 
close to the crossed pieces. 

If desired, the bench can be painted instead of 
papered. White with a blue stripe would give 
a pretty effect. 

KITCHEN-CABINET 

In order to have the kitchen entirely complete 
you will, of course, have to have a kitchen-cabi- 

47 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

net, on which to place the spice boxes, etc., and 
on which to hang the egg-beater, turner and 
grater. 

Take all of one match box and the cover of 
another. From the latter cut off the top side 
and glue one long narrow side to the back wall 
of the other box. 

The long narrow side on top is to be braced by 
two match posts, which are glued on top of the 
box and underneath the cover, to the right and 
left. 

Then cut two more matches the length of the 
match box and glue one across these two posts 
and one along the upper edge of the box. In the 
latter stick four or five pins on which to hang the 
kitchen utensils. 

Now there remains only to insert a hook made 
of millinery wire, and the kitchen-cabinet is fin- 
ished, with the exception of the painting. 

KITCHEN-STOOI, 

Glue four legs into the drawer of a small match 
box, which, however, should not be longer than 
two finger breadths. For the top take a piece of 
card-board, cutting it large enough to extend out 
a little all around. When completed it must be 
48 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

painted to correspond with the other kitchen fur- 
niture. 

piano-stool 

In case the dollies are musical and own a piano 
they will certainly need a piano stool, and it is 
very easy to make one. 

The drawer of a small match box will serve for 
the seat. Then glue a match to each corner of 
the short narrow sides, allowing them to extend 
the width of a finger above the seat. Unite the 
two ends which extend above the seat on each 
side by gluing a cross piece between them. 

Then paint or varnish the stool and make a 
tiny pillow to fit, so that the dollies will have a 
soft seat. 

NIGHT-TABLE 

Set the drawer of a small match box up on end 
and glue a piece of match under one short nar- 
row side, to the right and left, to serve as the 
base. 

Then glue on the inside right and left walls a 
match, for braces for a shelf. Make the shelf 
from one of the long narrow sides of the cover. 

If the table is to be covered with paper do 
not forget to allow for an over-lap when cutting, 
so that the back will also look well. 
49 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

Cut a piece of the cover for the top, allowing 
it to extend out a little all around. 

The front side of the cover will furnish the 
door, which is fastened with millinery wire and 
locked by means of a pin. 

MUSIC-STAND 

For a music-stand you will need the tops of 
three match boxes of equal size, which are to 
constitute the shelves. 

In case you do not wish to paint the stand, 
then paper these three parts. Place the three 
shelves on the wrong side of the paper, draw a 
line around each one with lead pencil, allowing 
for an over-lap. After pasting this on cut three 
more pieces of paper to paste over the top of 
each shelf where the corners have been turned 
over. 

Take four matches and glue them underneath 
the edges of each shelf, cutting them to fit before 
gluing them on. 

Then glue two of the shelves to four perpendic- 
ular matches (the legs), one a little way from 
the top and the other a little way from the bot- 
tom. The third shelf glue in the middle, be- 
tween the top and bottom shelf. The burnt heads 
of the matches, of course, are to point downward. 
50 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

Besides music the stand can also hold books or 
pictures. 

STOVE 

In the winter the dolls must certainly have a 
stove in their room. 

The stove can very easily be made from two 
empty match boxes. 

Glue two narrow sides together and cover them 
all around with writing paper. Then cut a 
piece of paper to fit the top narrow side and paste 
on. For one of the stove doors use gilt-paper, to 
represent fire. For the stove-pipe and another 
door use a black glazed paper. 

If one is clever enough one can outline the 
doors with a lead-pencil and cut them so that they 
can be opened and closed. 

In front, at the top, paste a small ornament, 
cut from double paper. For this you can also 
use gilt-paper. 

FIRE-SCREEN 

A cute little fire-screen can very easily be made 
with a piece of colored paper and four matches. 

First make the frame by placing two matches, 
in a perpendicular position, the burnt heads to- 
ward the top, and then glue two matches, from 
51 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

which the heads have been cut, horizontally be- 
tween the first two, one inch from the bottom and 
one-fourth of inch from the top. 

Now glue on the legs, made of pieces of matches 




one inch in length. Then paste on the colored 
paper. It can either fit exactly, or extend over 
a little at the top. 

A very pretty screen could be made by using 
a piece of the transparent paper of an envelope, 
decorated with a transfer picture, — instead of the 
colored paper, — representing glass. 

If you want to paint the frame of the fire- 
screen you will have to do it before pasting on the 
paper, and have it thoroughly dry. You can 
52 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

make it with three wings if you like, as in the pic- 
ture, and paste pictures on it. 

WASTEPAPER-BASKET 

For a wastepaper-basket cut off a small section 
of a cork, and cover it with paper. Along the 
rim, on top, stick pins, around which brown cot- 
ton is to be worked. But do not forget to take 
an uneven number of pins, about eleven or 
thirteen. Tie the thread — or thin yarn — to the 
bottom of a pin and then carry it along, in and 
out, around each pin. Keep on until you reach 
the top, fasten the thread to the heads of the 
pins, and cut it off. 

A DESK 

If you have seven empty match boxes you can 
make a very nice writing-desk for the dolls' room. 

First glue together three of the boxes, on top 
of each other, then three more. Then glue the 
narrow sides of the seventh remaining box be- 
tween the top boxes of each row. 

Line the drawers with nice white paper and 
cover the whole desk with brown paper, and also 
the front sides of the drawers. 

A piece of card-board forms the back wall. The 
53 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

drawers, however, must first be taken out before 
gluing this on, so that they will not get stuck. 




In the centre of each drawer glue a glove but- 
ton, which will serve as a handle with which to pull 
out the drawers. 



UMBRELLA-STAND 



In rainy weather the dollies bring umbrellas 
with them, when they go visiting, and they would 
be glad I am sure to place them in an umbrella- 
stand, so that the floors will not get wet. 

An empty drawer of a vest-pocket match box 
54 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

and eight to nine matches will be required for this 
stand. 

Four matches will serve as legs. Glue them at 
the corners of the short narrow sides of the 
drawer, allowing them to extend one-fourth inch 
below the cover, and with the burnt heads towards 
the top. About one-half inch from the top the 
four matches are to be united by cross-pieces. 

Then divide the drawer into three parts and 
glue matches across the top of the rim to corre- 
spond with the cross-pieces above. 

Paint the stand as soon as it is dry. This 
can be done in different ways, according to the 
colors you have. It will look very nice if the 
stand is painted white on the inside and black on 
the outside, to resemble porcelain. 

SMALL CABINET 

Along the edge, under the long narrow sides of 
a match box, glue four matches, cutting them to 
fit before gluing. This will form the base of the 
cabinet. 

Now glue one match to both the right and left 
of the front and back walls, burnt heads down, 
to serve as feet. 

Then either paper or paint the cabinet, and 
lastly make the top, cutting it from card-board — 
55 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

a piece of cover paper or postal card will answer 
— allowing it to extend over a little all around. 

WRITING-TABLES 

The writing-table is very easily made. Be- 
gin as with an ordinary table, that is, take an 
empty match box and glue a match to each of the 
four corners of the long narrow side, with the 
burnt heads pointing downward. 

Then cut off one long side of the rim of a 
drawer. The other long side and the two short 
sides will serve as rims for the writing-table top. 
Slope the short side walls of the rim toward the 
front. 

Now glue two matches, one-fourth inch in 
length, to the long narrow side, one to the left 
and one to the right, and place upon this a shelf 
made from the long narrow side which has been 
cut off. This shelf will serve to place the books 
or knick-knacks on. 

A piece of green paper or cloth glued to the 
table top will look very nice indeed. 

SCREEN 

A screen, to use as a bed-screen or as protection 
against draughts, can be made from the cover of 
a match box. 

56 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

Separate the long narrow side where it is 
doubled over, bend the cover open to suit and 
paint both sides with colored enamel. 

SOFA 

For this we shall need only the drawer of a 
match box and eight or nine matches. The long 
narrow sides, of course, form the front and back 
of the sofa. Glue a match each to the right and 
left of the back, burnt heads up, and extending 
one-eighth inch below the drawer to form the back 
legs. 

Then measure and cut two pieces of matches 
so that they will extend the same distance below 
the drawer as the back legs, but only come to the 
top edge of the front wall. 

Now divide the rear wall into four equal parts 
by gluing on three matches, burnt heads toward 
the top. The five upright matches must then be 
united by means of four cross-pieces glued one- 
fourth of an inch from the top and fit exactly 
between the five upright matches, one large cross- 
piece combining them at the bottom. 

Then make the arm-rests, the same as for an 
arm-chair, for without them it would look more 
like a bench than a sofa. 
57 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

After it is all dry the sofa can be painted. If 
one wants to paper the seat, then this must be 




done before gluing on the matches. One can 
also make a tiny cushion and glue it to the sofa. 
A piece of silk ribbon stuffed with cotton will an- 
swer very nicely. 



58 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

LOOKING-GLASS 

A looking-glass is made in the same way as 
the picture frame. 

Cut off the burnt heads of four matches and 
glue them together for the frame. You can make 
the shape either oblong or square. 

Should you desire a wide frame then glue two 
or three matches in a row, next to each other, 
around the whole frame. When they are thor- 
oughly dry bronze the frame on three sides and 
glue the plain side to a piece of silver paper, 
which must be trimmed off all around, so that it 
will not extend beyond the frame. 

The hook with which to hang up the looking- 
glass you can make of silk thread or millinery 
wire. 

FRENCH OR HALL-CLOCK 

A nice hall-clock for the dollies can be made 
with two empty match boxes. 

Glue the two short narrow sides of two drawers 
together and cover them all around the outside 
with brown paper. Then paper the two covers, 
each separately. The one cover placed on its 
broad side will serve as the base. Glue the second 
cover, with its long narrow side, on top. Make. 
59 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

an ornament of brown paper, taking it double, so 
that it will be more firm, and glue it at the top 
of the top cover. 

From some newspaper or advertisement cut a 
clock face and glue it across the top drawer. 
Directly under that and in the lower drawer fasten 
the pendulum and the weights. These can be 
made with a piece of string having a bead at the 
end, or can be cut from paper. 

The clock can also be made without the pen- 
dulum and weights, as they are generally in- 
visible inside the clock. 

If you are clever enough you can decorate the 
case by painting it. 



STANDING-LAMP 

For a standing-lamp you will not need any 
match boxes, but an empty yarn winder, a piece 
of cork, the paper cap of a medicine bottle and a 
small piece of wood ; a piece of an old pen-holder 
will answer. 

Glue the piece of wood into the yarn-winder, 
which will form the base or stand, and fasten the 
piece of cork, by means of a pin, to the top. 

Then gild the whole thing and when it is dry 
60 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

paste the paper cap on top, to represent the 
lamp-shade, and then again on top of this, in the 
centre, glue a small piece of match, to represent 
the chimney. 



shoe-box 

A shoe-box, or a useful receptacle for various 
other things, such as hats or ribbons, is made by 
dividing the drawer of a match-box with one of the 
long narrow sides of the cover. 

Then glue a match to the ends of each short 
narrow side, so that the drawer will stand about 
a finger's width from the floor, the burnt heads to 
point downward, forming the feet. 

Then glue one broad side of the cover against 
the box so that half of it can extend above and 
the other half be glued to the back. The front 
of the part extending above can be covered with 
silver paper — to represent a looking-glass — or 
colored paper. 

The top can also be used as a dressing-table, in 
which case a tiny curtain, made of dolls' lace, 
draped around it, will add to its appearance. 



61 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

ABM-CHAIR 

This is made just like the ordinary chair, ex- 
cepting that it is to have two arm- rests. 

For these arm-rests we shall need one match, 
from which we cut two pieces, each one-half inch 
long, and two pieces, each one inch long. 

First glue on the two shorter pieces, exactly 
two inches distant from the back, to the edges of 
the seat, and then glue the two longer pieces, hori- 
zontally, on top, thus forming the arm-rests. 

HIGH-CHAIR 

If you have a baby-doll then you must, of 
course, make a high chair for it. For this you 
will need to have, besides one-half of a small 
drawer of a match box, a dozen matches and some 
extra cleverness. For where there are many 
matches necessary there is always more difficult 
work to do. But do not let this frighten you off, 
it is not so bad ; only the very small children need 
be afraid to try it. 

Begin the work by gluing the back and arm- 
rest props to the four corners of the half drawer, 
allowing them to reach to the bottom of the rim 
of the drawer. These four props are to be 
united, front and sides, by means of cross-pieces, 

62 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

and the back is to have four or five cross-pieces 
at small distances from each other. 

Now for the four legs. For these you will 
have to have four matches, which you will have 
to shorten by one-half an inch and glue on the 
inside of the drawer underneath. Then unite 
them by means of four cross-pieces, directly above 
the burnt heads, which point downward and form 
the feet. 

Then cut four more matches and glue them 
alongside of the legs to give them more strength. 

Two pieces of match glued together across the 
front part of the drawer at the bottom, will give 
a foot-rest for the baby's little feet. 

A little play- or eating-tray is best made of 
stiff paper. Cut a half circle, the straight side 
of which you turn under one-eighth inch, and 
glue to the front cross-piece. 

Now the baby can sit on the chair and play or 
eat, just as he likes. 



CHILD'S CHAIR 

A child's chair is made, of course, just like a 
large chair, excepting that you only take one- 
half a drawer of a vest-pocket match box. 

Take four burnt matches, two of which you 
63 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

will shorten by one inch. These will constitute 
the front legs, which glue in front, to the right 
and left of the side walls of the drawer. The two 
long matches are to come to the right and left 
of the same walls, but at the back, the burnt 
heads to point downward and to be of equal dis- 
tance from the edge of the cover, about one- 
fourth of an inch. 

Now cut two cross-pieces which are to be glued 
at the back, a little way from the top and bot- 
tom. Divide the space in between into equal 
parts and glue three perpendicular bars between 
the horizontal ones, to form the back; next two 
more horizontal bars which are to be glued to the 
tops of the front legs and against the back. 

If you do not intend to paint the chair, then, 
of course, it will have to be papered before you 
glue on the matches. 



ROCKING-CHAIR 

In case the dollies care to have a rocking- 
chair, you may very easily make one for them. 

Make the chair with or without arm-rests, and 
cut from a magazine cover or postalcard, two 
equal side parts, as per illustration. Glue these 
64 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

to the legs of the chair, at the right and left. As 
soon as everything is dry the chair can be 
painted. 




A pillow for the back, or a slumber robe, will 
make the chair more comfortable. 



CHAIR 

From the drawer of a match box one can make 
65 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

two chairs, as only one-half a drawer will be 
needed for each chair. 

It is best to cut it in half with a small pair 
of sharp scissors. 

To add strength to the chair paste a strip of 
paper across the top of the seat, from the right 
to the left, and then a strip around the three 
sides, leaving the rear open. In case the chair 
is to be painted then any kind of paper will an- 
swer, otherwise use paper of the desired color in 
the beginning. 

Now glue two whole matches, burnt heads down, 
to the back, one to each side, and then cut 
matches the required length for the front legs of 
the chair. Glue these to the inside front wall, 
to the right and left. 

To make the chair more firm, cut three matches 
just long enough to fit horizontally between the 
two back legs. Glue one almost at the top, one 
to the top rim of the seat and the other at the 
bottom of the rim. 

Now two more matches are to be cut which will 
fit perpendicularly between the two highest hori- 
zontal matches and the chair is finished. 

table a 
A plain table is very easily made. 
66 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

Glue a match to each of the corners of the long 
narrow side of a match box, burnt heads down. 

Then cut a piece of card-board a trifle larger 
than the box to serve for the table top, and glue 
it on. 

Now punch a hole in the drawer of the match 
box and either stick in a paper clip or sew on a 
shiny glove button for a handle. 

If painted brown, like wood, little table will 
look quite like a real one. 



table b 

A table made of the drawer of a match box, 
eight matches and four beads, is more difficult to 
make. 

First glue inside and toward the middle of the 
two short narrow sides two matches each, from 
which the heads have been cut. These matches 
must be a little distance from each other. 

Then glue one match each across, a little below 
the table top, allowing the ends to extend out a 
little, and then glue the remaining two matches 
lengthwise across the former. 

Glue a bead at the four cross-points and make 
the table-top of stiff paper. 

This can also be used as a sewing-table. 
67 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

PARLOR-TABLE 

For the parlor you will, of course, need a table 
somewhat more ornate. Take the top side of the 
cover of an ordinary match box and the top side 
of the cover of a vest-pocket match box, that is, 
if the table is not to be a large one. 

Place the smaller piece on the wrong side of 
the larger and draw a line around it with lead 
pencil. Now take off the smaller piece and glue 
matches on this line, cutting them to fit. Then 
glue a match to each of the four corners of the 
square thus formed, burnt heads down. These 
will constitute the legs. 

About one-fourth inch up from the heads, glue 
four cross-pieces and when these are dry glue 
the smaller piece in between the legs, about one- 
half an inch above the cross-pieces. 

Now you can paint the table, which, when 
completed and covered with a cute little table- 
cloth, will be an ornament for the parlor. 

TOILET-TABLE 

In order to make a toilet table begin just as 
with an ordinary table. 

Glue a match, burnt head down, to each of the 
four corners of the long narrow side of the drawer. 
Then unite the legs by means of four matches 
68 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

cut to fit exactly between the legs, to serve as 
cross-pieces, and glue about one-fourth inch from 
the bottom. 

Then take two matches — if possible somewhat 
longer ones — and glue them, with burnt heads to- 
ward the top, each about one-fourth inch from 
both sides, to the back wall of the table. 

A third match, from which the head has been 
cut, is glued one inch from the top, across the up- 
right matches at the back, on which the looking- 
glass, — made of silver paper — is pasted. 



pier-glass 

The drawer of a small match box is first gilded, 
and the inside painted green, that is, if one hap- 
pens to have both colors. 

Then cut a piece of card-board two inches wide 
(the width of the drawer) and four inches long. 
Cover this with silver paper and paste a narrow 
border of gilt paper around the edge of the three 
sides. The lower edge needs no border, as it is 
to be glued to the long side of the drawer, which, 
of course, must first be thoroughly dry. 

Fill the drawer with moss, and you will then 
have really a very nice pier-glass. 



69 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

LAUNDRY-BASKET 

A basket to hold the dolls' soiled linen is made 
with a flat cork, from some wide-necked bot- 
tle, say two inches across, in which long pins are 
stuck and worked over with yarn. But be sure 
to take an uneven number of pins, as we did in 
the case of the waste paper basket. 

Tie the yarn to the first pin and weave it back 
and forth, in and out, until you reach the top of 
the pins. Then fasten the yarn firmly to the 
heads at the top. 

Should you desire to have a three cornered 
basket, cut a triangle from a larger cork, in 
which pins are also stuck and worked over as 
above with yarn. A basket like this is very 
pretty, and does not take up so much room as a 
round basket. 

WASH-STAND 

A wash-stand is very easy to make. 

Take a match box, glue on four matches for 
legs, the same as with an ordinary table, and 
fasten a shiny button to the drawer for a handle. 

Then glue an upright match, burnt head up- 
ward, to the right and left of the rear wall, and 
paste a pretty piece of colored paper across the 
70 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

front for a splasher, or, if you have a piece of 
silver paper, take that to represent a looking- 
glass. 

LINEN-CLOSET 

For a linen-closet we shall need the drawer of 
a large match box, which is to stand upright. 

From the cover cut the large top side for the 
door, and from the two sides cut the shelves 
which are to be glued inside the closet. 

To the right and left under the closet glue 
matches for the base, which will raise the closet 
and make it easier to open and shut the door. 

To raise the closet further glue a large bead 
under each corner. 

An ornament made of matches or stiff paper 
is then glued to the top front of the closet. 

Fasten the door at the top and bottom with 
millinery wire and lock it by sticking a pin 
through the door and the outer rim. 

cradle 

It is very easy to make a cradle or dolls' bed 
from the drawer of a match box. 

The littlest hands may simply glue four 
matches (from which the heads have been cut) 
underneath and place a strip of colored paper 
across the top to serve as a quilt. 
71 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

The larger children can paper the drawer in- 
side and out, then cut from card-board or an old 
postal card the side parts and glue them to the 
head and foot, when the cradle will be finished 
with the exception of the bedding. 



72 



PART III 



THINGS FOR THE CHRIST- 
MAS TREE 



Things For the Christmas Tree 

HANGING-LAMP 

Prick a small hole in the top and bottom of a 
hen's egg and blow the egg out. 

Then crochet with red silk (or any other de- 
sired color) a net of chain and purl stitches, to 
cover the lower half of the egg. 

At four points of the edge of the net, crochet 
short cords, the ends of which tie together at the 
top. 

The top part of the egg, which extends above 
the net, may be either painted or covered with a 
transfer picture. 

SILK PURSE 

For a receptacle to hold candy, nuts or small 
surprises, a nicely hemmed square of colored silk, 
folded cross-wise, like a mechanic's neck-cloth, 
will answer. 

The size will depend upon the size of the scrap 
of goods, but it should at least be ten inches 
square. 

75 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

LUCKY-MUSHROOM 

Place some cotton on a card-board disc two 
or two and one-half inches in diameter, and cover 
it with white or red silk, like that with which but- 
ton-forms are covered. The ridges underneath 
the mushroom are represented by the gathers of 
the silk, which must be drawn together. 

If white silk is used then paint the top with 
vermilion, leaving white spots. If the mush- 
room head is covered with red silk, then use white 
paint for the spots. 

The stem is made with a tiny roll of cotton 
covered with white crepe paper. 

Glue the mushroom head to the stem with fish 
glue, and the completed mushroom to a piece of 
green cloth or card-board covered with green 
paper. 

This little mushroom can also be used as a pin- 
cushion if you like. 

COTTAGE 

Tiny cottages with snow covered roofs make 
very pretty toys. 

And they can be made of empty match boxes. 

Separate the cover of a match box where it has 
been joined together and place the two long 
76 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

narrow sides together. This will give the frame 
of the cottage. Now paste on white or colored 
paper for the roof, which must reach down over 
the long sides of the box. 

Shove in the drawer and cover the house all 
around with paper. For this you can also use 
either white or colored paper. Paint or paste 
on your windows and doors as desired. 

The chimney is made from thin card-board or 
an old postal-card painted. A tiny piece of cot- 
ton will represent smoke. 

Cover the roof with cotton sprinkled with "dia- 
mond dust." 

Other buildings, such as churches, mills, etc., 
can also be made of match boxes with a little in- 
genuity. 

JEWEL CASE 

Neat little cases can be made of thin card- 
board covered with gold or silver paper or col- 
ored card-board. The latter can be decorated 
by painting or gluing on tiny sealing wafers. 

Draw the diagram, consisting of six squares. 
Place four squares in a row, which, when folded 
and glued together, will form the bottom and lid. 

The squares can be cut any desired size, but 
three inches would be just right, neither too small 
nor too large. 

77 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

In order to glue the squares together you must 
allow a little of the card-board on three of the 
squares when cutting. Scratch the edges very 
carefully with a sharp knife so that they will 
bend over easily. 

Before fastening on the lid draw a ribbon 
through it and glue on the inside. 

CANDY BAGS 

Cut from colored or white card-board squares 
6 inches in size. These are to be covered with 
strips of different colored paper, or they can be 
painted. 

Notch the edges, to serve as decoration for 
the bags. 

Then glue together with fish-glue and draw a 
silk thread or a little baby ribbon through the 
top point. 

CANDY PLATES 

Cut a round platter 5 inches in diameter and 
decorate according to fancy. It can be either 
covered with paper or painted, as imagination 
may dictate. 

Cut the platter from one point of the rim to 
the centre, fold the two cut edges over each other 
and glue them together. This will give the de- 
78 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

sired depth to hold the candy. When decorating 
make allowances for this over-lap. 

When the plate is finished prick four holes with 
a needle close to the rim at four points of the 
diameter, (at the top, bottom, right and left) 
and draw a ribbon through, knotting it at the 
top. 

If you have no ribbon on hand, crochet cot- 
ton or yarn will answer. 

MOSS-BASKET d 

Place some moss, which you can buy at any 
florist's shop, in a damp cloth over night. 

Take twelve strands of moss of about twelve 
inches in length, if possible in two shades. First 
tie them together and then weave them with 
twelve other strands of equal length. The cross 
strands are drawn through in the usual manner 
of simple weaving, one up, one down. 

It is best to start in the centre, so that the 
ends on all four sides will be of equal length when 
finished, with which, after the work is closely 
drawn together, four tight braids can be made to 
form the handle of the basket. Tie them to- 
gether at the top with a ribbon. 



79 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

MOSS-BASKET b 

Get the moss from the florist, and before using 
it wrap it up in moist cloth over night. 

Before weaving separate the moss gently with 
the fingers, so as to have nice broad strips, which 
in their moist condition are very pliable and easily 
woven. 

Make a braid, using nine strands. This must 
be pretty long, nearly one yard, so that you will 
have to work in new strands before you come to 
the ends "of the first ones. Repeat three times, 
cutting off the projecting ends. 

Wind the braid around to form the bottom — 
round or oblong — and stitch together with very 
fine cotton. 

As soon as the bottom is large enough stitch 
the braid once around the top edge of the bot- 
tom, and then proceed to wind the braid around 
this until the basket is high enough, fastening 
the end firmly on the inside. 

A piece of the braid will serve for the handle. 

If you care to make other things of moss of 
different colors, you can do it by coloring the 
moss with any non-poisonous dye. 



80 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

CANDY BASKETS MADE OF EGG-SHELLS 

Halved egg-shells can be very nicely used for 
candy baskets. 

First wash them carefully, then bronze the 
broken rims, cover the rest of the shell with gum 
arabic and sprinkle with diamond dust. This 
will glitter beautifully when the shells are hung 
on the Christmas tree. 

Prick two holes at each side of the rim and 
draw some millinery wire through, to hang them 
up by. 

GILT BASKET 

A little gilt lattice-work basket makes a very 
pretty ornament for the Christmas-tree. You 
need only a round cork, rather a wide one, two 
borders of gilt braid and twenty strips of gilt 
braid. 

The basket can be made in any desired height, 
the width depending on the size of the cork. 

The cork can first be covered with gilt paper, 
but this is not absolutely necessary. 

In constructing this basket make it in two 
parts, gluing ten strips at equal distances apart 
underneath each border. After this gluing is 
perfectly dry glue the ends of the strips to the 
cork. The borders are then glued or stitched 
81 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



together with yellow silk, the two halves first be- 
ing filled with candy. 

CORK MAN 

Many things can be made with corks — for in- 
stance, a man. A tolerably large cork will con- 




stitute his body, on which we will set a smaller 

cork for the head. Nose, eyes and mouth can be 

drawn on with ink. Two long, thin corks will 

82 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

form the legs, and for each arm we shall need two 
small corks. The whole thing is put together 
with pins, as in the illustration. 



CORK WOMAN 

The cork man will certainly want a wife, and 




so we will pick out seven corks, two large and five 
small ones, and put them together too with pins. 
The largest cork will serve for the skirt, on which 
we will stick the top body and on top of this the 
83 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

small head. For each arm use two of the small- 
est corks. The eyes, nose and mouth must not 
be forgotten, and a comb made of paper can be 
pasted to the back of the head. 



WOVEN BASKET 

Take two pieces of glazed paper (different 
colors) and draw on the wrong side of each the 
form which is to be cut out. These pieces must 
be of equal size, otherwise it will not work out 
well. 

Each piece can be four inches wide and seven 
to ten inches long. Allow a little at the top and 
bottom, which will later on be notched. Then 
draw with lead pencil long strips and cut them 
out with a sharp knife or scissors. 

Then cut out the form, folding the sheets of 
paper in such a way as to make the points lie 
on top of each other, and braid the leaves in and 
out. 

In braiding take the first double strip of one 
color and draw through the first double strip of 
another color, then this one through the second 
strip, then the third, and so on. 

As in ordinary braiding it is always done alter- 
nately, one up, one down, excepting that this is 

84 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

somewhat more difficult, as the strips are double 
and are not braided separately. 

For the handle, take a double piece of glazed 
paper, or a braided book-mark will do. 

JAPANESE BASKET 

To make a Japanese basket of paper, cut a 
strip of paper ten inches long and three inches 
wide — or of a longer or shorter length, if you 
like. 

Fold this strip lengthwise in the centre, then 
again about one-fourth of an inch from the edge. 

After this is done cut from the folded centre 
to the crease at the top, but not through it. 

Now glue the ends together, but be careful to 
have the centre line firmly creased in order to 
give the desired shape to the basket. 

Cut out a piece of paper or thin card-board 
for the bottom and glue it on. In order to 
measure this piece correctly place the body of the 
basket (after it has been glued together) on the 
wrong side of the paper and draw a line around 
the inside. 

A small strip of different colored paper at the 
top and bottom edges, as well as a strip for the 
handle, completes this very dainty little basket. 



85 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

SMALL BASKET d 

Cut from not too thick card-board a square 
about five or six inches. From each edge meas- 
ure off one inch and draw a light lead pencil line. 
Then fringe the edges about one inch deep. In 
two opposite corners cut a slit, through which 
the handle is to be drawn. 

For the handle you will need a fifteen inch long 
strip of card-board, about one and one-half inches 
wide. Fringe five inches of the middle portion 
at the top and bottom about one and one-half 
inches deep. The fringe can be curled over the 
scissors ; the part which is not fringed fold over. 

Place the handle in the centre of the basket, 
draw an end through each slit and glue the handle 
together at the top. A ribbon bow will add to 
the effect. 

SMALL BASKET b 

A very pretty little four part basket can be 
made of colored card-board. The parts are 
placed around a square (the bottom) and lean 
outward, so as to be wider at the top than at the 
bottom. When cutting allow a little on one 
side of each part so that they can be glued to- 
gether. 

Before gluing together, however, the separate 
86 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

pieces can be perforated or nearly all cut out, 
and colored paper pasted on the wrong side. 



BASKET OF CARD-BOARD 

It is best to make the handle of millinery wire. 

Little baskets can be made out of fairly thick 
card-board in the following way : Cut a hex- 
agon, three inches in diameter, cut in the crease, 
and scratch the inner line so that the rim, which 
is to be about three-fourths of an inch high, can 
be more readily turned over. 

The different parts can be glued together with 
strips of colored paper, a process, however, which 
requires somewhat more cleverness. Should you 
not care for so much trouble then just prick a 
small hole in all twelve corners and tie them to- 
gether with baby ribbon. 

Then take equal lengths of ribbon, or threads 
of crochet cotton, fasten a bead at each end and 
draw them through each corner of the basket. 
Tie the ends together, draw them through a 
bead and knot firmly. 

The inside bottom of the basket may be dec- 
orated as desired. 



87 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

WICKER BASKET 

Some fine cane may be bought of any basket- 
maker, and a very pretty little basket made of 
it. 

The strands are loosely wound and placed in 
a basin of water, where they will have to remain 
for three or four hours, in order to become quite 
pliable and easily worked. It is also advisable to 
leave them in the water all the time you are 
making . the basket, so that the work and the 
hands will be moist. 

You will need to have a very sharp pocket- 
knife to point the ends of the cane before weav- 
ing. Draw along the knife one and one-half or 
three inches, so that they will lie flat when wound 
around the spokes. All the ends are to be 
pointed in this manner, so that the strand where 
the ends come together will not be too thick. 

For a small basket cut eight spokes each ten 
inches in length. Slit four of these in the cen- 
tre, but very carefully so that the cane will not 
tear. The four remaining spokes are then drawn 
through these small slits. 

As it is necessary to have an uneven number 
of spokes for the weaving, cut another piece of 
cane, which, however, need only be ten inches 
long. Point only one end of this. 

88 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

Now the work can begin. 

Take a strand of cane from the water, and un- 
wind and point as above indicated. Shove one 
end through the slit of one of the spokes, hold- 
ing the work firmly, and pass the thin part of the 
cane crosswise over the slits. This will make it 
firm. Then work once around, always one up, 
one down, drawing firmly and close to the cen- 
tre. Before proceeding, shove in the ninth, short 
spoke to effect the alternating up and down. 
Weave ten times around, when the bottom will 
be large enough. Then bend the spokes up- 
ward with the left hand. It is always well to 
start weaving at the ninth spoke and end there. 

While weaving always hold the spoke up with 
the left hand, but be careful to see that the bot- 
tom remains flat. 

As soon as the basket is high enough, fasten 
the last strand by pointing the ends and shoving 
down into the woven part. 

Now make the rim smooth by pointing each of 
the spoke ends and shoving one under the other. 
They must, however, be stuck in far enough to 
prevent them from springing up again. 

A strand will serve for the handle if it is 
shoved between the spokes at the two opposite 
sides. 

89 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

One may also weave together two or three 
strands for the handle. 

To color the basket use basket varnish, or buy 
of the druggist some powdered dye and dissolve 
it in alcohol. It is best to apply this with a stiff 
brush, as you may not have enough varnish or 
dye to dip the whole basket in. 



KNITTED NET 

Knitting is very easy work, and if one has only 
thirty-six stitches on three needles, it will not 
take long to work around with the fourth needle, 
especially when one has only to knit to the right. 

As soon as you have knitted a piece about two 
inches long, you will have to do something which 
is otherwise not permissible in knitting, namely, 
drop stitches. Thus, you knit once around, 
alternately picking up and dropping a stitch. 
Now you will only have eighteen stitches left on 
the three needles. Knit entirely around with- 
out dropping any stitches. 

On the next round begin each needle by drop- 
ping one stitch, knit one, throw over one, then 
knit clean around, and so on until only three 
stitches remain on each needle. Then drop one 
alternately. 

90 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

As soon as the knitting part is finished take a 
firm hold on the work at the top and bottom and 
stretch out. 

In this way you will have a net six inches in 
length, for which you will need only the drawing 
string at the top and a tassel at the bottom. As 
soon as these are finished the net can be filled 
with hazel nuts, candies, or other goodies. 

Should one desire a larger net, then more than 
twelve stitches will be necessary on each needle. 

For this work one can use any kind of odds 
and ends of crochet cotton or yarn. 

NEEDLE BOOK 

A very pretty needle book is easily made of 
thick white paper canvas. First cut a piece nine 
by seven inches and then eleven pieces as follows : 
Cut through four holes in a square, then six holes 
in a square and eight holes in a square. Now 
leave a row at the top of the first piece free and 
sew one of the largest squares to the next row of 
holes. Always sew from one hole to another, so 
that when you have finished sewing around it will 
look like a single line. It is best to use fine wool 
or strong thread. On this place one of the second 
size squares, and sew it on in the same manner as. 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

the first, and last sew on one of the smallest 
pieces of canvas. 

Then sew three more squares on top of each 




other, in like manner, next and close to the first 
three, and so on until you have four rows of 
triple squares lengthwise and three rows in the 
width. 

Now make a duplicate of the above, place both 
on a nicely hemmed piece of flannel and stitch 
together at the edges. These will form the cover. 
Between the covers place several pieces of flannel 
and sew on a ribbon to tie together. 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

SURPRISE NUTS 

Open carefully a quantity of large walnuts, 
without injuring the half shells from which the 
kernel is extracted. 

Then clean the shells thoroughly and place in- 
side some trifle, a tiny doll, a thimble, or any- 
thing small. 

Now glue the two halves together, first passing 
a ribbon through, with which to hang them up, 
and then gild them. 

It would be very nice to write a little verse and 
place it inside the nut, like those one finds in 
birth-day crackers. These nuts are easily made, 
very pretty, and create a lot of fun. 

PLUM MAN 

It is best to get little pointed skewers, such as 
are used in the kindergarten, and stick one each 
through three nice plums. These will represent 
the body. 

In the top plum stick two smaller skewers, one 
to the left and the other to the right, for the 
arms. Two more, stuck in the lowest plum, will 
constitute the legs. Two more plums for the 
feet and a large one for the head are all the rest. 

Pieces of almonds are pressed in for the eyes 
and mouth. 

93 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

If you want a chimney-sweep just give him 
a ladder and broom. The ladder can be cut 
from paper, or be made of little matches glued to- 
gether. 

knapsack 

An empty match box can very easily be trans- 
formed into a doll's knapsack, which, instead of 
holding books, may be filled with tiny chocolate 
bonbons. 

Cover the whole box with black glazed paper, 
and over one large side a piece of plush, allowing 
enough to form an overlapping lid. 

Line , the drawer with white paper and cover 
the two short outside walls with the black paper. 

Then sew or glue on the straps, which should 
have a wire drawn through, to be hung up with 
on the Christmas tree. 

SLED 

On a piece of card-board, from three to five 
inches long and two to four inches wide — (an 
old postal card will answer) draw one-half the 
outline of a sled and fold lengthwise. Now with 
a small pair of scissors cut through the outline 
and unfold. 

Then bend the edges upward and fasten the 
94 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

corners together with a drop of glue. Only the 
runners are to be turned downward. Tie a rib- 
bon or millinery wire to the front ends and hang 
it up on the Christmas tree. 

STARS OF MELON SEEDS 

You can make a star with eight melon seeds. 
Cut a piece of card-board the size of a ten cent 
piece and glue on the eight seeds with their points 
toward the centre. The seeds are to be bronzed 
before gluing on. 

On top, in the centre, glue a tiny star or 
angel's head and fasten a ribbon or wire hook to 
the back of the top centre seed, with which to 
hang the star up. 

If you can get the non-poisonous wafers with 
which letters were formerly sealed, you can make 
very pretty stars of them. 

Make the foundation of thin card-board and 
glue on the wafers, allowing them to over-lap each 
other a trifle. The whole of the foundation can 
be covered with colored glazed paper, or only 
the wrong side need be covered. Of course, this 
has to be done before gluing on the wafers. 

For decoration cut some of the wafers in two, 
three or four pieces, and glue them upright to 
the wafers already on the foundation. 
95 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

The simplest form is a cross of three or five 
wafers. 

To hang up fasten a silk thread at the top be- 
tween the wafers. 

STARS OF COLORED PAPER 

The diagram for the stars is best drawn on a 
square of paper — a sheet from an old copy book. 
Paste this to the wrong side of thin card-board 
(the cover of the old copy book) and cover the 
right side with glazed colored paper. 

Now carefully cut out the star, and cover 
the wrong side of it with the colored glazed paper, 
but do not forget to place a piece of ribbon be- 
tween the card-board and the glazed paper be- 
fore gluing them together, so that the ribbon 
can be fastened on at the same time and after- 
ward serve as a hanger. 

Decorate the stars as desired. 

STARS OF BEADS 

Very pretty stars can be made with beads, 
which, in order to bend more readily, should be 
strung on wire. 

All kinds of shapes and sizes can be made, ac- 
cording to one's cleverness. Do not forget, how- 

96 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

ever, to fasten the wire carefully as you go along, 
or your work will have been done for naught. 

An attractive, easily made star is constructed 
as follows : 

String six beads, push them toward the centre 
of the wire, draw the other end of the wire 
through these same beads, but from the opposite 
end, fasten. This will result in a ring. Then 
at one end of the wire string fifteen beads, shove 
toward the ring and draw the wire again through 
the first bead and then through three of the cen- 
tre beads. 

Then string fifteen beads on the other end of 
the wire and draw this end once more through 
the first of these fifteen beads and through three 
of the centre beads. In this way you will have 
made two rings opposite each other. 

The third and fourth rings are also made of 
fifteen beads and the ends drawn through the 
first and three centre beads as above. 

Before cutting off the ends of the wire be sure 
to fasten it firmly so that it will not come un- 
done. 

PINE CONES 

Gild or bronzed pine cones make very pretty 
ornaments for the Christmas tree. 
97 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

Drive a small nail in at the top of the cone, 
and fasten a wire on it to hang up the ornament. 

If desired the cones can also be decorated by 
pasting on strips of colored paper. For this 
you will need three or four discs of different 
sizes. 

Fold glazed paper four times before cutting 
out the discs. After they have been cut, spread 
them apart, one at a time, and place them on top 
of the cone — like a collar — and fasten to the nail. 
A ribbon bow over all will conceal the nail. 

SHOPPING-BAG 

A pretty shopping bag for the dollies, which 
can be filled with Christmas cakes, would also be 
very nice for the tree. 

It can be made of batiste or crepe paper. 

If the latter is used cut strips one-half inch 
wide from double paper. Each strip must be 
from fifteen to twenty inches long. 

Pin twelve such strips — they may all be of the 
same color — on a small board or pincushion, close 
together, and begin to braid from the top. As 
soon as you have reached the end of the last strip, 
turn it under and bring it forward from under the 
second last strip. 

When beginning the following row turn the 
98 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



first strip over the one lying next to it, and so on, 
until the braid is thirteen inches long. Then 
fold and sew the short ends together, and turn 
the work inside out, so that the seam will be on 
the inside, before sewing the bag together at the 
bottom. Sew the bottom close together without 
over-lapping. For the handles make braids 
nine inches long from three strips of crepe paper 
folded four times, and sew to the long sides of the 
bag. 

CROCHET BAG 

Crochet nine rows double the length of the pat- 
tern and fold together so that the ends will 
form loops for the top edge. Then crochet or 
sew the bag together on both sides, the seam, of 
course, coming on the inside. Two crocheted 
handles arc fastened at the top. 

The crocheting proceeds as follows : 

Make a chain of forty chain stitches, then chain 
five more, throw over and crochet one purl in the 
last stitch of the chain. 

Now turn the work around ; chain two, throw 
over, and crochet one in the same stitch in which 
the first purl was made. Again chain two, throw 
over and into the same stitch. 

Thus we have the first figure, which is re- 
peated until the first row is finished. 
99 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

Now throw over one, crochet one purl in the 
fourth stitch, then two more ; chain two, throw 
over and into the same stitch ; again in the fourth 
stitch and continue as before until you have ten 
equal figures in a row. Now the first round is 
finished. 

Again, as in the beginning of each row, first 
five chain stitches to form the loop, throw over 
once, crochet one purl in the first hole of the 
second figure, and so on, so that in each instance 
the second hole of each figure, is skipped. On 
the return round these holes will be picked up. 

As soon as the nine rounds are finished fasten 
the bag at the top as indicated above. 

WAX FIGURES 

Many attractive little things may be made with 
remnants of Christmas candles. Place left-over 
pieces of candles in a small bowl, and set it in a 
warm oven or on the back of the stove, allowing 
it to stand until the candles are melted. Mean- 
while take a little form — such as is used in cut- 
ting cakes into little figures — and grease it with 
salad oil, and place it on a plate which has also 
been greased, or on a piece of greased card-board. 

Pour in the melted wax and let it stand until 
it has cooled off. Then very carefully lift off the 
100 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

form and when the figure is thoroughly cold 
remove it from the plate. If the figure hap- 
pens to represent an animal make the eyes with 
ink. Tie a ribbon on to it to hang it up on the 
tree. 

But of course these wax figures must not hang 
too close to the burning candles, or they will melt. 

CHRISTMAS BELLS 

Draw the diagrams of small bells on a piece of 
white card-board, decorate neatly, cut them out 
and glue them to a piece of ribbon. 

You could also print a letter on each bell, so 
that when the bells are hung up around the tree 
they will spell: "Merry Christmas." 

Of course the bells can be made in different 
colors, which will add to the pretty effect. 

A CHRISTMAS BELL 

A Christmas bell is made of glazed paper or 
thin card-board, about five inches wide and nine 
inches long. Fold this over the left hand as if 
making a bag and fasten it together with a pin. 
Then round off the bottom. Should you want to 
make more bells of the same size, all you will have 
to do is to take out the pin and use this form as a 
101 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

pattern in drawing the diagrams for as many 
bells as you like. 

After making the pattern paste the bell 
together. While it is drying make the ham- 
mer. 

Take a piece of gilt paper, fold it once and 
draw the diagram of the hammer, by using a 
penny and drawing around it. When both discs 
have been cut out place a string between and 
glue them together. 

Make a thick knot in the string, which must 
be of the right length, so that the knot will hit 
the bottom sides of the bell and the hammer be 
held in the right position. Then draw the thread 
through at the top, leaving enough over to hang 
on the tree. 

HANGING LAMP OF CARD-BOARD 

Draw on not too stiff paper a row of triangles 
three inches wide. In cutting out be careful to 
allow an over-lap all around each triangle where 
they are to be pasted together. Before pasting 
the triangles together scratch in the lines which 
are to be bent over. 

Decorate the five parts prettily before putting 
them together. Tie five equal lengths of ribbon, 
one in each part, sew these together at the top 
102 



WORK AND PLAY FO R LITTLE GIRLS 

and over all a ribbon bow. This ribbon is to be 
used to hang the lamp on the tree. 

BAG MADE OF WEAVING MAT 

If you happen to have a weaving mat, such as 
is used in the kindergarten, it will be the easiest 
to work this article with. 

But if you desire to cut the mat of glazed 
paper then you will have to be careful to see that 
the strips are cut evenly. 

As soon as you have finished braiding the mat, 
paste white paper to the wrong side and make a 
bag, through the top corner of which draw a rib- 
bon to hang it up by. 

lucky pig 
Take an egg, prick a hole at the top and bot- 
tom and blow it out. Then at the bottom prick 
four more holes, and make the ears, tail and 
snout of writing paper. 

For the snout form a tiny bag the size of a 
thimble, paste it together and round it off at the 
top and bottom. Then at the wide opening make 
an incision in the paper and bend it over so that 
you can paste the snout to the head. 

For the tail you will need only a little strip of 
paper, which can be curled by pulling it over the 
103 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

scissors. Four pointed matches will make the 
legs if you glue them on with a drop of fish glue. 
Now you have only to paint the eyes, and the 
piggy is ready to give you lots of fun. 

CHAIN MADE OF MELON SEEDS 

The melon seeds must, of course, be collected 
in the summer time when the fruit is eaten. 
Wash them clean in lukewarm water, dry them 
well and with a pin punch a hole in the end, or, 
if you wish, in the long side of each. Then put 
them carefully away until you want them to make 
things for the Christmas tree with, according to 
your fancy. 

String the seeds into pretty chains and bronze 
or gild them. 

Carefully hang them up to dry so that none of 
the gilt or the bronze rubs off. 

CHAIN OF WAFERS 

Even the youngest child can make pretty 
chains of wafers. 

Take a narrow colored ribbon and non-poison- 
ous sealing wafers, glue them to the ribbon, at 
certain distances apart, first on one side and then 
on the other, so that the ribbon will show between 
two rows of wafers. 

104 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



You can make the chains as long as you wish, 
but leave enough ribbon at each end for hanging. 

If you are clever enough you can also decorate 
the wafers, by gluing on halves and quarters of 
wafers, as with the stars, and make a double 
row, that is, beginning at the middle and gluing 
two finished wafers opposite each other. 

If you have no wafers, then get a piece of 
glazed paper and cut discs from it. Gold and 
silver paper are the prettiest. 

BEADED CHAIN 

Chains made of beads are very pretty, for they 
sparkle when the candle light shines on them. 

Take not too small Bohemian glass beads, so- 
called kindergarten beads, and string them ac- 
cording to your fancy. 

Chains made of rings consisting of ten or 
twenty beads are very pretty, especially when 
each ring is of a different color. If you have 
many gold and silver beads, so much the better, 
for they add to the glitter. 

Take a very long thread for the chain and 
commence to string from the centre to the right 
and left ends ; for instance, one silver bead in the 
centre, then eight blue beads on each side, then a 
silver bead at the right and draw the thread to 
105 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

the left — in the opposite direction — through the 
same bead. Thus the first ring is formed. 

Make the following rings in the same manner, 
the threads crossing each other in the silver bead 
which closes the ring. 

The rings can also be made large and small 
alternately, entirely according to the imagina- 
tion of the individual. 

CHAIN MADE OF PAPER RINGS 

You can generally buy the paper already cut 
for chains, but it comes pretty wide and is apt 
to be clumsy ; so that if you care to take the 
trouble cut the paper yourself. To do this buy 
several sheets of glazed paper in different colors 
and cut it in strips one-half inch wide and four 
and one-half inches long. 

Paste a strip to form a ring, shove through 
this ring another strip and paste the ends to- 
gether, then through this one a third strip, and 
so on until the chain is long enough. 

Some like the chains of many colors, others 
like them in only two or three colors, alternating. 

CHAIN MADE OF PAPER 

A very pretty chain can also be made in the 
following manner : cut a sheet of glazed paper in 
106 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

long strips about one inch wide. Fold these 
strips lengthwise four times and cut into them 
very carefully with the scissors, cutting in from 
one edge and then from the other alternately. 
As soon as you have finished cutting a strip in this 
manner unfold the paper and draw it apart. 

If desired you can paste several strips together 
before you cut them alternating the colors, as with 
other chains. 

FOLDED CHAIN 

Very much liked by the children are chains made 
of folded paper, which even the youngest child 
can easily make. 

If you use glazed paper then you will have to 
make the strips double, pasting them together. 
If ordinary paper is used then take it single. 

You will need two strips of paper one-half to 
one inch wide. Hold one of these strips in the 
left hand, lay the second strip across it and turn 
it under the first strip. Now the first strip will 
be on top, which turn down and lay the second 
strip over it from right to left : now again the 
first strip is on top, the second strip from the 
left to the right, in the same manner, from the 
top to the bottom, from left to right, and so on. 

As soon as the strips have been nearly worked 
up paste them on two new strips. 
107 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

The chains can be made of any desired length 
and color. 

MANGER 

Take the drawer of an empty match box, and 
paint it brown or cover it with brown paper. 

Now cut out the necessary figures : Mary, the 
Christchild, Joseph, and so forth, from some pic- 
ture catalogue, paste them on card-board, and 
paint and glue them to one of the long narrow 
sides of the drawer. 

Should your match box be large then cut out 
larger figures, or, you can even glue on tiny 
wooden figures. 

LANTERN 

You can very easily make a little lantern of 
card-board or stiff paper. Draw the six parts 
of it in- a row on a sheet of card-board, and when 
cutting out allow a little at one end of each for 
an over-lap to make use of when you are gluing 
them. 

Then with a sharp knife cut out the windows 
and paste silk paper or gelatine sheets on the 
wrong sides of them, to look like window panes. 
A little thin board will serve for the bottom, 
which saw to fit and glue underneath. A piece 
of millinery wire will form the handle. 
108 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

The windows may, if you wish, be painted in- 
stead of cut out, but if you have them trans- 
parent as above, and place a tiny night-light in- 
side they will look much prettier. 

CORK WAGONS 

Cork wagons can be made with corks, slices of 
corks, and pens, as in the picture. Take the 




longish pins, with big heads, that mamma uses, 
for the axles, joints, etc. 



SCROLL-SAW WORK 

Very pretty things, from the simplest star to 
the most intricate basket work, may be made for 
the Christmas tree if one is able to operate a 
scroll-saw. 

With cigar-box wood you can make jolly lit- 
109 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

tic honey-cake men, — which have only one draw- 
back : that they cannot be eaten. However, they 
may be used over and over again from one Christ- 
mas tree to another. 

CANDLES 

According to the kind of paper you have you 
can make colored or white candles. Cut a strip 
of paper five to six inches long and three and 
one-half to four inches wide, wind around a piece 
of lead and glue on. 

Then cut the flame of dark yellow silk-paper, 
or writing paper painted the desired shade. 

As soon as the candle is dry glue the flame to 
the top, and at the bottom cut two little tri- 
angles, opposite each other, so that you can 
fasten the candle to the tree. 

MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES 

Carefully open a large walnut so that both 
halves will remain intact. Eat up the kernel, 
scrape the shells clean and bronze one of the 
halves on the outside. 

After it is thoroughly dry bore or burn in two 
little holes, through which draw a string. Line 
the shell with moss and place inside a tiny doll- 
baby. 

110 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

NET MADE OF PAPER 

A net to contain a nut or other goody can 
be made of colored glazed paper. Cut a square, 
five inches in size and crease it in the centre from 
corner to corner, then again by turning one 
corner to the right and the diagonally opposite 
corner to the left. 

Now with a pair of sharp scissors make in- 
cisions from the top to the bottom edges alter- 
nately, but do not cut through the edges. 

As soon as the cutting is finished open up very 
carefully, place a nut inside, bring the net to- 
gether at the four top ends with ribbon and hang 
on tree. 

GILDED NUTS 

Pick out some large walnuts for the Christmas 
tree. Rub them clean with a dusting cloth, drive 
a nail in very carefully at the top, paste it all 
over with white of egg and roll it — holding the 
nut by the nail — in gold dust. 

If you have no white of egg, then paste will 
do, but the gold-leaf will not adhere to this so 
well. 

As soon as each nut is finished hang it up to 
dry thoroughly. 

Of course, silver leaf can also be used, and a 
111 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

mingling of gold and silver nuts on the tree gives 
a very pretty effect. 

SLATE 

A very neat little slate can be made of black 
card-board. 

Cut a piece four inches long and two and one- 
half inches wide and round off the corners. Then 
cut from light yellow card-board or glazed paper 
two frames, which must be of the same length as 
the slate, but only one-fourth of an inch wide. 
Between these two frames glue the slate. Now 
tie a tiny sponge and pencil to the slate by means 
of a narrow ribbon, and it is finished. 

If you wish, you can write on the slate : "Merry 
Christmas." 

STARS MADE OF PEAS AND STICKS 

All kinds of stars can be made with pointed 
sticks- — matches can also be used — and peas, the 
latter first being soaked in water before being 
stuck together in the form of a star. 

As soon as the peas are dry gild, silver, or 
bronze them. 

STARS MADE OF SILK PAPER 

For the body, make a paper disc three inches 
112 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

in diameter, on which glue a narrow ribbon to 
hang up the star by later on. t 

Then cut out two discs of silk paper, each six 
inches in diameter, and fringe them out to the 
depth of one and one-half inches and paste one 
on top of the form, and the other underneath. 

Then make the rays of gold paper. Cut four 
or six triangles, sloping in the tops to fit around 
the disc, and glue them on so that they will pro- 
ject a little way from the rim. You can also use 
yellow yarn. 

Now cut two more discs, one a trifle smaller 
than the other, and paste them on top of the rays. 
Then in the middle of the smaller disc glue a 
tiny star or angel head, and the star is finished. 

STARS MADE OF LACING STRIPS 

You can buy lacing strips in any kindergarten 
store. 

However, you can very easily make them your- 
self if you can get hold of any colored glazed 
paper. 

Cut into one and one-half inches wide strips 
and crease them lengthwise. You can also paste 
them together. 

From these strips you can make either three, 
five or six pointed stars, just as you wish. For 
113 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

instance, two triangles crossed on top of each 
other make a six pointed star. All you need be- 
sides is some colored silk or gelatine paper pasted 
on the back and a wire with which to hang it up. 

CHRISTMAS LAMB 

Take a little plaster of Paris, mold from this 
an oblong piece for the body of the lamb and 
cover it with fluffy cotton. By means of a little 
stick fasten on the head, also made of plaster of 
Paris, and for the legs stick four matches into 
the body. A little ribbon around the lamb's neck 
is a finishing touch. 

CRADLE MADE OP EGG-SHELL 

Blow out an egg and draw a pencil line around 
the centre of it and one lengthwise, thus dividing 
the egg into four parts. 

With a small pair of scissors cut one of the 
parts out veYy carefully, and you will have the 
form of a cradle. 

Carefully rinse this, dry it and glue on two 
rockers made of thin card-board. Around the 
rim of the cradle form glue some tiny lace, and, 
if you like, line it with cotton and place a tiny 
doll inside. 

114 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

ZEPPELIN BALLOON 

Get a rubber sausage in some store that carries 
articles for practical jokes. Blow it up, tie the re- 
sulting balloon tight with a string, and spread a 
piece of netting around it. 

The gondola or basket is then cut from a piece 
of card-board. First draw the center part, 
which must be two inches long and one inch wide. 
At the top and bottom of this draw parts each 
two inches long and the same width. 

With a sharp knife scratch in the four sides 
of the centre part and bend up the outer parts. 
The corners are fastened together with a silk 
thread, leaving enough of the ends to tie to- 
gether and fasten to the balloon. 

SANTA CEAUS 

Last touch of all, the Christmas-tree must be 
completed with a Santa Claus. 

Draw the dear old man on a piece of stiff card- 
board, just as he is trudging through the snow, 
with a pack on his back, his pockets bulging out 
and with a whip in his hand ; or if you can't draw 
cut him out, preferably a colored one, from some 
magazine page. He will be still more interesting 
if made movable. Cut both arms separately and 
115 



WORK AND PLAY FOR LITTLE GIRLS 

fasten them to the body with millinery wire. 
Draw a thin thread through and tie it in a knot, 
which, when you pull it, will move the arms. 



THE END 



116 



OCT 22 1912 



